Optima Products Limited
Registered name: OPTIMA PRODUCTS LIMITED
Part of Hexa Group Holdings Limited groupOptima Products Limited made £20.4m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Optima Products Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £20.4m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £1.9m profit and 139 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in High Wycombe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- High Wycombe, South East
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1971
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Optima Contracting Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.5m | £18.2m | £19.7m | £20.4m |
| Cost of sales | £11.2m | £10.8m | £11m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £7.4m | £8.8m | £9.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.1m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.1m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £838k | £2m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £838k | £2m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £5.1m | £4.9m | £5.2m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 141 | 135 | 135 | 139 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.2% | 4.6% | 10% | 9.3% |
| Gross margin | 39.6% | 40.6% | 44.4% | 45.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £135k | £146k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | £9.4k | £6.2k | £14.6k | £13.7k |
| Cash conversion | −171.4% | −141% | −54.8% | −49.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.5% | ▲8.6% | ▲3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.8% | ▲134.6% | ▼3.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% | 0% | ▲3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £3.2m | £4.2m | £3.7m |
| Net assets | £10m | £10m | £11.7m | £12.8m |
| Fixed assets | £4.3m | £4.1m | £3.7m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £8.4m | £10.7m | £12.8m |
| Debtors | £622k | £397k | £848k | £763k |
| Deferred income | £307k | £149k | £203k | £208k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.4m | −£1.5m | −£1.3m | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −49.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲10%
- Now £12.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £3.7m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 139
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £208k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £3.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hexa Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Optima Investments Limited75–100%
- Optima Contracting Limited75–100%
- Optima Products Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Curtis Steel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Optima Glass Installations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Optima Partitioning Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Puroptima LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Oag LimitedRev. £39.4m · Profit £2.3m
- Optima Installations LimitedRev. £5.1m · Profit £130k
- Curtsons (Radstock) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- HLS Installations LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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